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020 _a9780061353253
040 _cQCPL
082 _a333.790973
100 1 _aLittle, Amanda
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aPower trip
_b: from oil wells to solar cells - our ride to the renewable future
_c/ Amanda Little
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHarper,
_c[2009]
300 _axvii, 446 pages :
_billustrations, maps
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 427-432) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : confessions of a petroleum addict
505 0 _aLife, liberty, and the pursuit of oil : the story of the American century
505 0 _aOver a barrel : the boom and bust of America's domestic oil empire
505 0 _aWar and grease : how oil built and sustains a military superpower
505 0 _aRoad hogs : why a hundred years of joyriding has us running on empty
505 0 _aPlastic explosive : from Baggies to boob jobs : our love affair with synthetics
505 0 _aCooking oil : how fossil fuels feed the world (and energy shortages could starve it)
505 0 _aChain of fuels : the story of a 20,000-mile spinach salad
505 0 _aShort circuits : why a high-tech superpower has a third-world grid
505 0 _aGreener pastures : the dawn of the new energy era
505 0 _aEarth, wind, and fire : how renewable energy will dethrone the powers that be
505 0 _aAutopia : Detroit does the electric slide
505 0 _aCity, slicker : building energy-smart homes and the cities of tomorrow
505 0 _aFresh greens : not your grandma's eco-movement : meet the new pioneers
650 _aPower resources
_zUnited States
_xHistory
650 _aEnergy policy
_zUnited States
_xHistory
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK